NEW YORK – Sentencing for Donald Trump in his New York hush money trial was delayed Friday until after November’s election, a win for the Republican as he battles Kamala Harris in the knife-edge White House race.
The former US president had been scheduled to be sentenced on 18 September for falsifying business records in a scheme to silence a porn star’s politically damaging story.
But Judge Juan Merchan postponed it to 26 November – three weeks past the 5 November election, as requested by Trump’s lawyers.
“This is not a decision this Court makes lightly but it is the decision which in…
New York judge delays Trump sentencing until after US election
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